Crushed.....

Work was not so busy today, so I went to go balling during work hours at the local park. The weather was nice, around 70F so I had to take advantage of it.

I just got back into basketball after a 5 month hiatus so my game is still very weak. There was another group playing on the court and they were a lot taller than we were. We decided to go to the other end of the court fearing a beat down and at least do our thing and warm up before we attempted to challenge them.

After 20 minutes, I felt my jumper was getting back into form, and my dribbling was getting slightly better, though it still sucked. One aspect of my game that I couldn't get back yet was my jumping ability. I used to fly high, now I can't even jump over mouse. Regardless of my weaknesses, I convinced my friend to get a 2 on 2 game against them, mind you my friend was in the same position as me and just got back into playing basketball. The giants of the court happily accepted. I'm not going to go into the embarassing details of the game but the end result was that we happily got our "arses" handed to us. It was so humiliating but at the same tine it also motivated me to be a "decent" player again instead of playing like a scrub like I am now.

I hope I can continue to play basketball while I'm in Japan. I know they don't have a lot of outdoor courts, and I want to try to avoid paying to play indoors. Anyways, if there is a will, theres a way.